GRO MONEY NEWS - 🚨 $34 BILLION. TWO CEOS. ZERO DEAL.

Apparently, $34 billion can buy an enormous orthopedic business, but it cannot guarantee agreement over who gets the CEO's chair.

🏦 Johnson & Johnson and Smith & Nephew reportedly reached advanced negotiations on a potential $34 billion combination, only to see the deal collapse over management control.

The financial terms were substantially aligned. The leadership terms were not.

And that's the lesson.

Governance is part of the capital stack.

💰 Meanwhile, another $6 BILLION healthcare acquisition is under negotiation as Bon Secours Mercy Health reportedly pursues a controlling interest in Surgery Partners, with Bain Capital potentially retaining a substantial minority position.

🌍 In Australia, a sovereign-backed bidder has entered the competition for Ingenia Communities, challenging an existing private equity takeover effort.

🏗️ And Rexford Industrial Realty reported $1.3 BILLION in completed industrial property sales, alongside debt repayment and a reduction in leverage.

⚡ All of this is happening as oil prices remain elevated, the ten-year Treasury finished Friday near 5%, and the Federal Reserve prepares its Wednesday policy decision.

🤖 The AI infrastructure story is part of the same equation. Meta reported nearly $35 billion in quarterly capital expenditure, reminding investors that future computing demand and current available cash flow are two very different things.

MY TAKE: Institutional capital isn't disappearing. It is becoming more selective about who controls the assets, who holds the collateral, what the contracts actually guarantee, and whether the financing can survive the execution risk.

🎯 TODAY'S HOT SALES IDEA: THE 48-HOUR CONTROL AND CAPITAL AUDIT.

Find ten development or acquisition transactions that have stalled despite apparently attractive valuations. Examine the ownership rights, management authority, lender consents, cash flow protections, and provisions for resolving deadlocks.

Then identify what actually needs to change for the investment committee to approve the deal.

Don't just bring the capital. Make the transaction bankable.

⚡ WE HAVE BILLIONS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.

GRO Group is actively seeking qualified developers and project sponsors with substantial projects in data centers, power generation, solar, energy storage, logistics, and major real estate.

We structure institutional equity, debt, and financing solutions.

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Duration: 25m
Broadcast on: 26 Oct 2026
Audio Format: other

Grow Money News Monday, October 26th, 2026. Oil hit $116. The Fed has a meeting. Wall Street has a $6 billion surgery appointment. Good morning, and welcome to Grow Money News. It is Monday, October 26th, 2026, and Wall Street is beginning another week with a rather unpleasant combination of expensive oil, anxious bond investors, and a Federal Reserve meeting that suddenly looks considerably less straightforward. Brent crude climbed above $116 a barrel on Friday, American consumer inflation expectations remain elevated, and the world's largest technology companies are preparing to explain how spending hundreds of billions of dollars on artificial intelligence infrastructure will eventually produce an acceptable return on capital. Meanwhile, a major American healthcare operator is reportedly negotiating a $6 billion acquisition of an outpatient surgery platform. The deal could be announced as early as today, subject to negotiations reaching an agreement. And France has just received some rather uncomfortable news from its sovereign credit rating agency. Moody's maintained the country's credit rating, but it also maintained a negative outlook because political instability and government borrowing requirements remain substantial. Apparently, the global economy has developed an interesting problem. Everybody wants cheaper money, but nobody seems particularly enthusiastic about the economic conditions required to produce it. Today's episode is brought to you by Grow Group. We have billions for infrastructure, and we're actively seeking qualified developers and project sponsors with substantial projects and scalable development pipelines. From artificial intelligence data centers and power generation, to solar, energy storage, logistics, and major real estate developments, Grow Group structures institutional equity, debt, and financing solutions around the actual economics of the project. Learn more at Grow Becker Holland dot com. This morning, we are examining the price of energy, the price of money, and the increasingly important distinction between owning productive infrastructure and financing somebody else's capital expenditure. We will cover Friday's market close, the opening of Asian markets, the Federal Reserve's Wednesday decision, and Thursday's major economic releases. We will also examine a potential $6 billion health care acquisition, sovereign and pension capital moving into specialized operating businesses, the deteriorating affordability of American housing, and the tax compliance deadline facing opportunity zone sponsors today. And today's hot sales idea is particularly relevant to investment bankers and developers who need to close transactions before year end. The opportunity is not simply to find more investors. It is to identify which developments can survive the current cost of capital and which need their financing structures rebuilt before approaching an investment committee. Market Pulse, oil got expensive, stocks got nervous. Friday's American market close provided a distinctly uncomfortable ending to an already volatile week. The S&P 500 declined approximately half a percent, finishing at 7,623.68. The Dow Jones industrial average lost approximately 653 points, closing at 52,215.16. The Nasdaq composite declined approximately 0.2% to 25,955.34, while the Russell 2000 finished near 2,775.90. For the full week, the S&P 500 declined approximately half a percent, and the Nasdaq lost approximately 7/10 of a percent. The Dow gained approximately 4/10 of a percent, while the Russell 2000 advanced approximately 2%. Investors were not indiscriminately selling every American company. They were becoming increasingly selective about valuations, financing requirements, energy exposure, and the ability of businesses to turn future growth into present cash flow. Brent crude reached approximately $116.72 during Friday's trading, its highest level since June 2022. Higher energy prices place pressure on transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, construction, and consumer spending. Friday's 10-year treasury yield finished near 4.99% after experiencing substantial volatility. Inflation are used for higher yields, while concern about artificial intelligence valuations can send investors toward the relative safety of government bonds, pushing yields lower. Neither movement necessarily tells us whether an individual infrastructure developer can obtain financing. For that, we must examine the actual borrower and its contractual obligations. Asia Watch Monday opens with the energy bill still unpaid. Asian markets open the new week

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